Introduction: Hypothermia can result in deleterious physiologic consequences, especially in burn patients, which are at higher risk due to loss of skin. Intra-and post-operative hypothermia (<36C) was identified as an audit ...

Trophoblast cells are essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. In rodents, trophoblast giant cells are
located at the maternal-embryonic interface and represent one of the major endocrine cell types ...

An Objective Standardized Clinical Examination (OSCE) was initially described and used in evaluating medical student’s abilities to take a history, perform a physical examination, and provide patient management. There are ...

Retinoids refer to natural and synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, which play multiple roles in embryogenesis, development, vision, homeostasis as well as proliferation and apoptosis. In the current study, a panel of 13 ...

There are sex differences in the sensory experience of pain. For example, the incidence of chronic pain syndromes is higher in women than in men. Studies of gonadal steroid modulation of pain have, to date, focused on ...

Migraine and temporomandibular disease are three times more common in women than in men and temporally related to the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle. We examined mechanical sensitivity of the temporomandibular ...

Cranial sutures represent growth centers that permit calvarial bone growth during embryonic and postnatal life. This bone growth is accomplished through a series of tissue interactions involving the brain, suture mesenchyme, ...

After injury or amputation, the mechanisms involved in tissue regeneration are highly complex and coordinated. Certain lower invertebrates such as the Hydra and vertebrates such as zebrafish (Danio rerio) present excellent ...

We know little about what play materials preschool-aged children prefer to play with and what factors lead them to prefer
particular toys. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential relationship between ...

The ability to swallow is particularly affected in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the ability to swallow safely continues to decline as the disease progresses. Evaluation of the swallowing ...

The ability to swallow is particularly affected in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the ability to swallow safely continues to decline as the disease progresses. Evaluation of the swallowing ...

Activation of the G-protein Rho has been implicated in signaling pathways that can induce neuronal apoptosis in the central nervous system (CNS). One of the most potent activators of Rho is the protease thrombin that ...

Bacillus anthracis has three types of infection routes: pulmonary, cutaneous, and gastrointestinal. Naturally occurring
infection occurs in all three forms, but there is significant concern with the use of this agent ...

Multiple drug resistance (Mdr) transporters are ABC transporters that efflux amphipathic cations out of cells, and thus
protect them from xenobiotics, as well as cause resistance of some tumor cells to cancer chemotherapeutic ...

Purpose: Transverse plane pelvic rotation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). In
vitro, transverse plane pelvic rotation can be determined by a ratio of the radiographic ...

Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disorder involving the salivary glands and lacrimal glands. Salivary glandinvolvement may be detected by noninvasive imaging studies such as Ultrasound. Ultrasound is less expensive ...

Background: Angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels, is one of the body’s mechanisms to compensate for cerebral ischemia, and has been observed in the peri-infarct region following stroke. Vascular Endothelial ...

Mounting evidence demonstrates that sleep plays an important role in learning a new motor skill. However, receiving explicit
knowledge of the skill prior to learning may influence the beneficial role of sleep in the ...